v. rare. [f. L. submers-, pa. ppl. stem of submergĕre to SUBMERGE. Cf. next.] trans. To submerge, drown.
1837. Fraser’s Mag., XVI. 344. [They] quietly submerse their memories in the waters of Lethe.
1905. Daily Chron., 15 June, 6/7. The moving of the submersing lever from a perpendicular to a horizontal position.
